ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday called for a renewed commitment to diplomacy to resolve conflicts as he marked the 50th ...

Qaani met with top Shiite leaders in Baghdad to contain internal splits and preserve Iran's influence in Iraq ahead of ...

In the final years of the Cold War, rising tensions in the Middle East prompted the U.S. and its allies to prepare for ...

After Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks on Israel & the start of the war in Gaza, confrontations between Israel & Iran escalated from proxy battles to all-out war. These documentaries offer context & background.

The prime minister of Iraq has kept his country on the sidelines as military conflicts raged nearby for almost two years.

U.S. forces in Syria killed a senior Islamic State leader Dhiya’ Zawba Muslih al-Hardani and his two adult sons Friday during a raid in al-Bab, U.S. Central Command said.

A gun battle erupted in Iraq's capital on Sunday between police and fighters from a state-sanctioned paramilitary force that includes Iran-backed groups, killing at least one police officer and ...

Military officials said that Islamic State leader Dhiya’ Zawba Muslih al-Hardani and his ISIS-affiliated sons “posed a threat ...

The top ISIS leader as well as his two adult sons "posed a threat to U.S. and coalition forces, as well as the new Syrian ...

The U.S. military carried out a raid in northwestern Syria on Friday, killing a senior ISIS leader and two of his sons in the Aleppo area, according to the United States Central Command ...

Dhiya’ Zawba Muslih al-Hardani, who was identified as the ISIS leader, was killed in the operation along with his sons ...